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Junior Seau Found Dead At Home

Justin Stine — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:50:42 +0000

Dec 21, 2008; Foxboro, MA, USA; New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau (55) reacts after a play in the first quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-US PRESSWIRE

I know this isn’t Rams news, but the NFL family lost a great member on Wednesday when Junior Seau was found dead in his home. The police are saying this is an apparent suicide, and he was found unconscious with a gunshot wound to the chest. It’s a sad day for everyone who loves the game and for everyone who got to see Seau play.

I know when I was growing up and falling in love with the game of football, Seau was one of the guys I loved to watch. He was an animal out on the field, and he also always had a smile on his face while doing it. He made the Pro Bowl 12 consecutive times and he was All Pro six times. He wasn’t good … He was great. He was inducted into the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame last year, and he certainly earned it.

From reading Twitter and several reports from around the league, it sounds like this was pretty shocking to everyone who knew Seau. He was loved by his teammates, so there are a ton of people out there who have been hit hard outside of his family.

It’s always sad when something like ths happens, and even more so when it’s somebody like Junior Seau. He will be missed by everyone who knew him and everyone who had the privilege of seeing him play.

Rams Make Staffing Moves

Justin Stine — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:51:44 +0000

January 17, 2012; St, Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Rams owner Stanley Kroenke looks on during a press conference to announce new head coach Jeff Fischer at the Russell Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-US PRESSWIRE

The Rams are still making moves within the organization, and that includes the people who work behind the scenes. The team announced Friday that that have promoted Artis Twyman to Senior Director of Communications. Twyman has been with the Rams since 2003, and he was previously the team’s director of media relations.

The team also promoted Julia Faron to Manager of Media Relations and Casey Pearce to Manager of Media Information. Faron has been with the Rams for four years, and she is a University of Missouri graduate. Pearce came to St. Louis from San Diego in 2010, where he was the managing editor of the website for the Chargers.

Rams Clean House On ‘Black Monday’

Justin Stine — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:33:12 +0000

The Rams didn’t waste any time making changes after their disappointing 2011 season, as the team announced Monday that they were letting go of GM Billy Devaney and head coach Steve Spagnuolo, along with others. As of now, it looks like the only coach who is still under contract for 2012 is OC Josh McDaniels. The Rams plan to move quickly to fill both positions, and they expect to get something done on both fronts within the next few weeks. There was a report out today that the organization has already made contact with former Titans coach Jeff Fisher, but the Rams denied those talks while acknowledging that Fisher is a potentially attractive candidate. To get the rumor mill started, San Diego Chargers’ beat writer Kevin Acee wrote today in his story on Chargers’ GM AJ Smith’s future that “it is all but certain that Jeff Fisher will be the Rams’ next head coach.” Acee also said that Smith was expected to be the front-runner for the Rams GM job if he was fired in San Diego, but now it looks as if he could be keeping his job with the Chargers. A final decision on Smith is expected in the next few days.
I talked about this a little yesterday, but I think this is the right move. The team was 10-38 in three seasons under Spags, and their record over Billy D’s four years was 12-52. It’s hard to place the blame on these two for the first couple of years after the Scott Linehan disaster, but after expectations were raised last season, this year’s 2-14 debacle was unacceptable. It can be tough when your organization has a first-time GM and first-time coach, and I think that was part of the problem here. I firmly believe that both Spags and Devaney will be successful in this league down the road, because I think they both have great minds for the game. Spags will have a job as a defensive coordinator somewhere next season if he wants it, and I expect him to be a good head coach again in the future. More on next page…